Guadalajara vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Guadalajara	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1120	$773
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2706	$1981
🏠 One person rent	$529	$415
🏘️ Family rent	$919	$718
🍽️ Food expenses	$377	$205
🚐 Transport expenses	$117	$73.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$739	$976
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	49	29
😀 Quality of life	63	49
🏙️ Population	1.46M	6.17M

The cost of living in Guadalajara is 45% more expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 4902nd and 6772nd ($1120 vs $773) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 18th and 30th in Mexico and China, respectively. Check Mexico vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Guadalajara compared to 1.3 months in Maoming. Guadalajara ranked 4th best city to live in Mexico vs Maoming ranked 141st in China, while ranked 5577th and 6717th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guadalajara vs Maoming

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	Guadalajara	Maoming
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.8	$2.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.6	$13.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.13	$3.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$1.58
☕ Cappuccino	$3.49	$2.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.44	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$674	$480
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$429	$351
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1245	$847
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$757	$619
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.8	$27.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.7	$42.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.3	$11.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.86%	4.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2697	$4664
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2377	$2843
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.54	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27	$23.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.5	$2.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.35	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$1.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.34	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$14.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.08	$5.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$5.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$0.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.3	$13.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.64
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.58	$3.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.55	$6.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.81	$5.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$1.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.79	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.9	$31.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.26	$6.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.8	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$9.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.6	$41.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$69.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$220	$424
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10889	$16634

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Cities near Guadalajara

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Tlaquepaque	$728
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Zapopan	$1162
92 km or 57 mi	La Barca	$913
108 km or 67 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$856
135 km or 84 mi	Zamora	$929
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$1058
159 km or 99 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$843
164 km or 102 mi	Colima	$749
165 km or 103 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$953
173 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$1006
180 km or 112 mi	Leon	$815
185 km or 115 mi	Tepic	$717
188 km or 117 mi	Zacapu	$1030
194 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$873
196 km or 122 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1296
202 km or 125 mi	Silao	$832
204 km or 127 mi	Tecoman	$858
205 km or 127 mi	Apatzingan	$861
207 km or 129 mi	Manzanillo	$901
208 km or 129 mi	Irapuato	$860
219 km or 136 mi	Sayulita	$1108
221 km or 137 mi	Guanajuato	$753
224 km or 139 mi	Salamanca	$896
237 km or 147 mi	Yuriria	$894
246 km or 153 mi	Zacatecas	$615
249 km or 155 mi	Cortazar	$846
250 km or 155 mi	Morelia	$873
264 km or 164 mi	Celaya	$764
272 km or 169 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1491
282 km or 175 mi	Fresnillo	$803
295 km or 183 mi	San Luis Potosi	$941
308 km or 191 mi	Queretaro	$1184
326 km or 203 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$872
350 km or 218 mi	San Juan del Rio	$981
352 km or 219 mi	Rioverde	$943
364 km or 226 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$905
387 km or 241 mi	Zihuatanejo	$857
396 km or 246 mi	Durango	$687
416 km or 258 mi	Toluca	$926
425 km or 264 mi	Mazatlan	$1166

Cities near Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$780
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$892
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$726
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$816
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$652
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$677
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$827
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$809
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$693
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$590
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$829
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$518
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$579
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$589
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1746
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$662
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$598
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$758
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$552
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$766
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$777
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$662
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$574
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$878
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2414
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$568
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$765
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$551
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$608
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$559
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$546
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$758
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$818
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$574
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$562
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$766
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$941